Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.156: Large wide-mouthed jar Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Large wide-mouthed jar , 2006.170.156,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 10, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192949. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.156 Title Large wide-mouthed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 原始瓷印紋罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 5th-4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192949 Physical Descriptions Medium Proto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze Dimensions H. 37.2 x Diam. 51.2 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, January 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.156 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Large globular wide-mouthed jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a flat base; light gray stoneware with thin ash glaze over stamped decoration, the exposed body clay with reddish brown skin. Commentary Compare to: Proto-porcelain jar of similar form with short neck and geometric basket-weave decor excavated in 2008-2009 from the Warring States period Tingziqiao kiln site in the Economic Development Zone of Deqing County, Zhejiang province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 12 (2009): 10, fig. 10. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
